Clark v. Buchanan
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The original application and record in tbis cause having been removed from the files of the Clerk’s office, we must rely upon the history of the case as given in the opinion of the Court, which is sufficient to enable us to understand the points upon which the decision is made. f
1Opinion of the Court
By the Oowrt.
Atwater, J.
The Defendants by way of answer to the complaint of the applicant in this case, set up various matters and allege among other things “ that after the canvass made as stated in the petition herein, the Board of Canvassers organized as stated in said petition, adjourned sine die, and became dissolved, &c.”
This statement must be taken as admitted by the applicant, and the question which is thereupon first suggested for the consideration of the Court, is whether a writ of mandamus can properly issue to the Defendants, or any of them, requiring performance of the act asked…
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